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- ↑ "Waterloo Revival's "What Guy Wouldn't" Climbs Charts | Shock Ink". shockink.com. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
- ↑ "Country Duo Waterloo Revival Have Broken up". 12 February 2021.
- ↑ "A TikTok Influencer Poked Fun at Country Music - So George Birge Wrote a Song That May Make Them Stars".
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- ↑ "CMT : Videos : Waterloo Revival : Bad For You". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on November 23, 2015. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
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